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South Tyrol

The Province of Bolzano-Bozen, also referred to as Alto Adige or South Tyrol,
(also spelled South Tirol), is an autonomous province in northern
Italy. It is one of the two provinces that make up the region of
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, which is itself an autonomous region. The
province has an area of 7,400 square kilometres (2,857 sq mi) and a
total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants. Its capital is the
city of Bolzano (German: Bozen; Ladin: Balsan or Bulsan).
The majority of the population speaks an Austro-Bavarian dialect of
German and consider themselves ethnically Tyrolean. About a quarter of
the province is Italian-speaking and a small minority speaks Ladin as
their mother language. Font: Wikipedia